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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS

Abbreviation	Name	Version	Valid from	Valid to	Family
ISCED97_OBORY	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS	1	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Classification Item:

Foreign languages

Level	Code	Name
3	222	Foreign languages

Definition of item:

Foreign languages is the study of the structure and composition of foreign languages.
It includes the study of related cultures, literature and linguistics. Programmes with the
following main content are classified here:

Dead languages
Foreign languages
Interpretation programmes
Second languages
Translation programmes

Inclusions:

Foreign languages is the study of a language being taught as a foreign language or a
second language. A second language means a national language taught to pupils whose
main language is another language.

Exclusions:

Programmes teaching the mother tongue, even if this language is not the national
language (e.g. programmes for immigrants learning their mother tongue) are excluded
from this field and included in field 223 ‘Mother tongue’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Humanities

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